The Qore Gamer? A Look At Sony's New Venture

"Internet message boards and even Sony's own PlayStation Blog have seen generally negative reaction to this possibility. While Qore stands to be a potentially strong source of revenue for Sony, it remains to be seen how it will affect PSN and its members as a whole."

I still dont entirely understand what all the fuss about the Qore subscription is. It is a measly 3.00 dollars (rounding up) for each episode which only comes out once monthly. Sony has stated that content included in Qore will not detract from what is being offered in the PSN Store. Only time will tell in this aspect. It is mentioned that the betas used to be free for Playstation Underground members... humm... while that may have been the case... I have been a member of that forum for awhile and I never got in on the betas from there. Not everyone does. It is the luck of the draw I guess and I don't like to jump through hoops to get into a game beta and not many do. That is the beauty of Qore beta invites... you purchase the episode... you get in the beta. The content in my opinion that was released in this episode what quite good... and it was content that I have not come across on the internet. Granted the ads are annoying when switching between content; but, as you said, they are short. Does that make them any more tolerable... nah... I agree with you on this point. I assume they are just trying to offset some of the cost of making the content itself. Maybe if we had to pay for PSN access as the 360 has to... then more than likely this would have been a free service. Keep the episodes coming Sony with the betas and early demos.

How the hell is this "Sony's new venture"? Qore isn't a Sony product. It's something they've introducted to their fanbase just like gmaing sites introduce new gaming mags and encourage you to support them but they don't own them.

The rate of misinformation in the gaming world has surpased stagering levels this gen. This just crazy.

First of all Its 3 dollars for a beta key! remember crackdown for the halo 3 beta! Yeah $60 dollars for a arcade game!

Second of all, This is where im gonna get my PS3 details! You think I trust any gamer sites to get me the scoop! Nope I rather hear it in Qore.

Third of all, Im happy its a option and not mandatory because I see alot of potential and I have a few Ideas of my own for Qore! I would like to see Qore have the ability to have user created videos like in gametrailers. Helll, Ive been happy with my ps3 for a very long time & I would like to show some support for Sony! They have been listening to my gaming needs since the launch of PS2!

Ads are the main deterrent. If your paying $25 a year (3 dollars an issue) you should be able to skip ads... just as easily as your able to flip the page in a magazine. Who are they fooling? Featuring games within the "magazine" is advertisement enough. Personally, the only thing that had me thinking about a purchase was the included free PSN download of Calling All Cars. Otherwise, I'll put $5 down for early access to Socom: Confrontation while Qore subscribers have to wait 2 weeks. Hopefully the service gets better and people don't pay for something that they could get for free on the internet.